Browsing Tag: Ludhiana

I would not have sent a 'note' from Ludhiana where I have ended up after Kenya, but for a very interesting story which I must share. It could make the basis of an excellent Punjabi movie - a love story. The romantics amongst you are going to love this!

Ludhiana, one of the world's most polluted cities, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) - is attempting to break an environmental record, for the most tree saplings planted in an hour, as Ludhiana Earth Hour (8am-9am) on July 20.

Operation Walk Maryland commits to ongoing education and patient care in these impoverished communities. Operation Walk Maryland uses the best trained and skilled health care providers to delivery the highest level of care that we have in the United States. There is no cost to the patient or community that we serve. All time and supplies are provided through donations.

Gagandeep Singh, a resident of Model Town, said, "Everyone has his own style of tying a turban and this is taught by family. These days few people with vested interests have transformed it into a commercial activity, which is wrong. I think turban tying should be taught free of cost."

Kids are the real Earth heroes! Throughout the world they have found a special place in the media for all their efforts in cleaning the earth as a part of their school event,

"The crisis in Punjab is very deep," said Sanjay Sharma, the regional bureau chief for the Times of India newspaper. Since the early 1990s, successive state governments had failed to grasp the importance of industrialization, he said.

Jagtar Singh Jaggi is no ordinary professional. He earns his livelihood by tying turbans, which not many professionals in city would have thought of. He runs a shop " Jaggi Turban Training Centre" in Brown Road area where he ties turbans for his Sikh clients and also trains people in the art.

Kamaljeet Kaur likes playing with alphabets.

One day before on 4th December, 12,000 Bihari workers rioted across Ludhiana and burnt down Sikh buses, trucks, cars and motorcycles in protest against another issue which was related to them being treated poorly by the police

Granthi caught watching porn clips in gurdwara filming women bathing

The SGPC has decided to institute scholarships in collaboration with University of Cambridge (UK) for needy and meritorious Sikh students for research studies leading to M.Phil or Ph.D degrees.

For the first time ever in India, Sikh couples walked down a ramp in a couple contest in Ludhiana.

Gatka, the ancient martial art form of Sikhs has flourished in North India for hundreds of years, and to further popularise 'Gatka' among Sikh youths, a contest was organised recently in Ludhiana.

Former Sikh Scientist pedals his bicycle in slum areas of Ludhiana to look after the poor

What words can describe my experience here at the Special Olympics in Ludhiana…